December 15, 1965 : U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam

Introduction

In the first raid on a major North Vietnamese industrial target, U.S. Air Force planes destroy a thermal power plant at Uong Bi, l4 miles north of Haiphong. The plant reportedly supplied about 15 percent of North Vietnam’s total electric power production.

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December 15, 1965 : U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam

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2009

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December 15, 1965 : U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam